The Watchers The Watchers is an exhausting watch but not in the way…let’s say an Ingmar Bergman picture would be. Nope, it’s not utterly mind-ravaging in the way a well-executed but intensely cerebral avant-garde thriller from Europe would be. The Watchers is belligerently debilitating because at no point does any supporting character stop verbal diarrhea-ingContinue reading “2024 Movie Reviews: The Watchers / Hit Man / Ren Faire”
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2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Hacks / The Sympathizer / In A Violent Nature / Movie Pass Movie Crash
Hacks One of the best comedy series of the past ten years is finally back for a third season, and while it doesn’t quite reach the heights of its near-perfect first and second seasons, it’s a lot funnier than anything on television right now. When we last left, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and Ava DanielsContinue reading “2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Hacks / The Sympathizer / In A Violent Nature / Movie Pass Movie Crash”
2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga / Baby Reindeer / I Saw the TV Glow / Snack Shack / Conan Must Go / The Contestant
Disappointments and surprises this week. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Theaters are likely going away, at least how we’ve known them for the past 100+ years. Streaming is here, and everyone has a big T.V., so even though we can’t replicate the theater experience exactly in our homes, we can come close. This means studiosContinue reading “2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga / Baby Reindeer / I Saw the TV Glow / Snack Shack / Conan Must Go / The Contestant”
Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 5 (#60-51)
Around the time I started this site, I did a “Top 100 of the 1990s” with the intention of doing a new decade every year. I had meant to do a new decade every year, but as with life, stuff came up. I got overwhelmed by my primary responsibilities on this site: reviewing new filmContinue reading “Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 5 (#60-51)”
2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Fallout / Challengers / Shōgun / Chucky / Drive Away Dolls / Saw X
Mostly great stuff this week. Fallout “Based on a video game” used to be the worst thing you could ever hear about a movie. Resident Evil, Silent Hill, House of the Dead, Street Fighter, Doom, Max Payne, any Uwe Boll adaptation—all terrible. The live-action Mortal Kombat movie from 1995 is very fun to watch, but its sequel, Annihilation, is a strong contender for one ofContinue reading “2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Fallout / Challengers / Shōgun / Chucky / Drive Away Dolls / Saw X”
Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 4 (#70-61)
Around the time I started this site, I did a “Top 100 of the 1990s” with the intention of doing a new decade every year. I had meant to do a new decade every year, but as with life, stuff came up. I got overwhelmed by my primary responsibilities on this site: reviewing new filmContinue reading “Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 4 (#70-61)”
2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Civil War / The First Omen / Curb Your Enthusiasm / Regime / Ripley
Only one stinker this week. Civil War My first thought after leaving the theater showing Civil War was, “I wonder how this movie will fare in 10 years?” I have a sneaking suspicion it will all but mostly be forgotten about. This isn’t to say Alex Garland (Men, Annihilation, Ex-Machina) has made a bad film because he hasn’t. He’sContinue reading “2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Civil War / The First Omen / Curb Your Enthusiasm / Regime / Ripley”
Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 3 (#80-71)
Part 1: #100-91 Part 2: #90-81 Around the time I started this site, I did a “Top 100 of the 1990s” with the intention of doing a new decade every year. I had meant to do a new decade every year, but as with life, stuff came up. I got overwhelmed by my primary responsibilitiesContinue reading “Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 3 (#80-71)”
2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Monkey Man / Immaculate / Road House / The Truth vs Alex Jones / The Program / You’ll Never Find Me
Nothing is particularly great this week. Monkey Man If there was ever a ‘kitchen sink’ movie, it’s Monkey Man, the debut feature of underrated young actor-turned-writer/director/producer Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, The Green Knight, Lion). While it often feels like fourteen different movies starting and stopping throughout a 113-minute runtime, it’s more or less a hyper-stylized revenge tale. When aContinue reading “2024 TV & Movie Reviews: Monkey Man / Immaculate / Road House / The Truth vs Alex Jones / The Program / You’ll Never Find Me”
Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 2 (#90-81)
Check out Part 1: (#100-91) here… Around the time I started this site, I did a “Top 100 of the 1990s” with the intention of doing a new decade every year. I had meant to do a new decade every year, but as with life, stuff came up. I got overwhelmed by my primary responsibilitiesContinue reading “Top 100 Films of 2000s: Part 2 (#90-81)”
